Re: General election


"Boliath" <boliath_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Westprog wrote:
"Féachadóir" <Féach@d.óir> wrote in message

Neither is privatisation, but leave aside the preferred solution for
the moment. Your argument is contradictory. If healthcare wasn't an
issue, there wouldn't be a populist demand to treat Donegal cancer
patients in the northwest, and no one would care that patients had to
get the bus to Dublin for chemo.

The demand to treat cancer patients in the northwest may well be
misguided.
It's obviously a disgrace that families have to make their own way to
Dublin
and back

I'll stop you there Westie. Chemo is hard enough on a body without
having to travel across the country for the pleasure. It's a fucking
disgrace.

It certainly is. It isn't just chemo. People are put in wheelchairs and
dumped at the hospital door hundreds of miles from home. One especially
nasty quirk is that people who have some savings are denied assistance which
is given to those with medical cards.

without assistance.That doesn't mean that a treatment centre in
Letterkenny is a good idea. If it means inexperienced staff making bad
diagnoses, then it will lead to lower survival rates, as has happened
already.

Poor staffing would be a problem no matter where the center was placed.
There is a need for quality treatment centers outside the pale, it's
shameful that people have to lobby for something so basic.

Local politicians will want the local building and local employment.
That
might be a bad idea in this case. What might be a better solution would
be
the provision of transport and accomodation so that one spouse doesn't
have
to stop the car by the side of the road to let the person having chemo
throw
up.

And who minds the childer? The dog? Pays for the companion to have the
day off work?

I brought my Dad to Beaumont for chemo, from Lucan, it was an arduous
journey, my mind staggers at the torture it would have been were I to be
bringing him from Donegal.

Right I'll get back in my box now.

The fundamental need is to have oncology departments with the most qualified
specialists. As I pointed out earlier, there are statistics which show that
diffusing cancer treatment around the country has led to increased death
rates compared with other jurisdictions. The most important thing is to keep
survival rates up.

Additionally, there will always be people living a long way from a cancer
treatment. It should be made as easy as possible for them to travel and get
accommodation if needed. IME chemo takes at least a day's recovery time.

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